OPEN EVERY DAY 'TM MIDNIGHT RECYCLE NEWS ENTERTAINMENT YOUR MoVIE DVDs Why is Halloween CDs. VHS & GAMES TOO HINGE BUY SELL TRADE M RENT CHOISR610411; The Post social set to rock at at RRC's Notre RECYCLE vou rt Princess? Dame campus DVDs, VHS & GAMES DVDs page 3 page 10 IN THE VILLAGE 475-0077 musictradetca IN THE VILLAGE 477-5666 maAevIlloge.co THE RED RIVER COLLEGE'S NEWSPAPER R 16.::11115 1111E:: 1111:1:10October101:111 28.1:11 20021111::::1/ 111 Save your fork duke, there's pie By Ruth Shead except for one carrot." blueberry petit fours with The steps involved in get- almond paste, napoleon ting ready for the meal re- stuffed with pistachios and lthough there is defined food preparation. Rob cream, topped with a creme something Olson, Director of Auxiliary anglais, and pavlova topped Athrilling about Services at RRC, began the with raspberries. receiving an A on an drafting a proposal for the Upon arrival at the legisla- exam, especially one of undertaking in April. A hand- ture, satellite kitchens took those high-pressure ones ful of revisions later, the pitch care of the final touches and worth 50 per cent of your was accepted and meetings health inspectors did a final final grade, a mark is began. check on the food. According to Gill, 120 wait- incomparable to the The college began working with the Canadian Federation ers served the meal to the Queen's approval. of Chefs and Cooks, local Royal couple and their 300 Unless you were absorbed in hotels, vocational high schools guests. Gill, who had the privi- reality television Oct. 8-9, you and other colleges across the lege of serving the Queen on should remember that Queen province, the provincial legis- her last Jubilee, credits the Elizabeth and Prince Phillip lature and protocol officials to entire local effort for the suc- came to town for 20 hours. bring the meal to the table. cess. During the brief visit, Red A trial dinner was held in "Prince Phillip said every- River College's hospitality July, when officials from thing was very nice thank department was put to the Buckingham Palace gave the you," said Gill, who was royal test and prepared the green light to RRC's part in amongst the chefs and cooks Queen's royal meal. the royal dinner. who lined up for the Queen Johrr Reimers, an instructor The approved menu was and Prince on their exit. with the department's culinary strictly Manitoban, beginning Although almost everyone arts program, said they were with appetizers of Manitoba in the program was involved warned "don't be insulted if cold-water pickerel terrine in the preparations, RRC was she only picks a little bit with wild rice bisque. The only able to take about 50 stu- because that's what she does." main course was Manitoba dents to the legislature. With that in mind, students bison tenderloin with a red For their efforts everyone and instructors in the two-year wine merlot sauce, served with involved will receive a certifi- program, as well as the profes- pheasant pate, foie gras and cate of appreciation, not to sional baking programs must morel mushrooms. Baby veg- mention a notable experience photo by Aaron Cutler have impressed. Jeff Gill, who etables, including potatoes, for their resume. was acting chair of RRC's hos- beets and the remarkable car- Second-year culinary arts student Jennifer Nylen hard at pitality department at the time rots, accompanied the meat. work at the college's Prairie Lights restaurant. of the meal said, "I can tell Dessert choices included: you, the Queen ate everything Princess campus plans to open a convenience store By Meera Bahadoosingh store at the Notre Dame Campus. Opening the store will not only provide students He says a plan for a location at the Princess Street with their needed "sugar fix," but will also give them campus has been in the works for several months a chance for employment offering part-time job posi- hat do a bunch of drained, hun- now. tions. gry, and sleep-deprived students "The store will run to provide students with their In addition the Students' Association will be look- need? . needs, as well as to add a positive experience," ing to the students to help create ideas for a new W store name and concept. The simple answer is tons and tons of sugar. Buchanan says. Students at the Red River College's Princess Street The store will be situated at the south end of the This is because the SA is thinking about revamping campus may feel as though they are missing the nec- Princess Street campus off the Jubilee Atrium, beside the Ox at the Notre Dame location, which has been essary junk food elements a sometime staple of the learning commons. the same since 1971. many student diets. It will be a convenience store and focus on selling First year Digital Multimedia student Char Hurd Chocolate, chips and gum are just some of the snack foods and drinks, but will also offer a slurpees believes the opening of a convenience store is a great things provided by the vending machines-but stu- and popcorn. idea. dents want more than that...they want candy! It will sell everything from bus passes, lottery "Right now there isn't much for us," she says. The Students' Associations' solution to this is the items and tobacco products to the basic school sup- Char, however, does show an understanding opening of a convenience store in September 2003, plies such as pens and paper. towards the long process of implementing new stu- when Phase Two of the campus will be up and run- The 300-square-foot area plans are to open from 8 dent services, and points out that it will just be a ning. a.m. to 4 p.m. everyday. matter of time until students here can have the same Todd Buchanan is the retail manager of Red River's However, these hours are adjustable and will be amenities that are provided at the Notre Dame SA, which owns and operates The Ox convenience determined based on the student demand. Campus. THE PROJECTOR- OCTOBER 28, 2002 Fabulous futons on the way for Princess Street students By Tineke Buiskool-Leeuwma campus," Tom Buller agreed. "We have no student lounge but we're getting futons" he added sar- n Oct. 10, the student advisory castically. group approved a plan to bring two Although the need for a student 0 futons into the Red River's Princess lounge is there, some students Street Campus. understand that the college is a "The college said no couches. It has to be a futon work in progress. to go with the decor." Students' Association "We're in a temporary place, so President David Lyman said. my expectations aren't high" said The advisory group said "you can have futons, first-year student, Naniece Ibrahim. but they have to be nice ones." "I'd rather have the printers work The board approved a budget of $600, which will than have futons" she joked about allow the college to purchase two futons. the on-again, off-again, working photo by Aaron Cutler One will be put on the sixth floor in the elevator printers in the PC and Mac labs. shaft, while the other futon will be in room W507, In addition to the futons, there Tim Cripps and Sarah Mawejje maxin' and relaxin' on Red River the largest breakout room on the fifth floor. are more plans for the Princess College's futons at the Notre Dame campus. Both futons will be bought at the nearby Street. Fabulous Futon Factory. The last phase of the building Some students feel that the two futons are a little plans are to include a $300,000 fitness facility and pus, which is run by the Students' Association. inadequate. an office. "It should be fully open in 1 1/2 years" Lyman "I think two is not enough" Evan Braun said. There are also plans to build a 3000-square-foot said. "It doesn't seem to be a major addition to the store like the Ox, the store at the Notre Dame cam- "But plans change all the time." SA president says stats make tuition freeze hard- Py ce Villiers -cm Zyl important is the 56 per cent of ondary educations than the tuition, but do hurt us. It door for tuition not to take a scholars that have debt. load of debt that goes along makes it harder to lobby for back seat to healthcare." However, when Mr. Murphy with it. lower tuition," says Lyman. "The most important issue he Canadian was confronted on the future The central theme of their "I am a positive person, for the Students' Association is Millennium focus of the CMSF on , this results states that the rapid rise however, and believe that with tuition", Lyman says. TScholarship issue, he was clearly surprised in tuition fees and student these statistics now out in the "We will not give up the Foundation's (CMSF) and unprepared to give any loans has not reduced overall open, people will start talking fight." meeting with Manitoban clear indications regarding the accessibility in the Canadian about tuition. It opens the Students' Association's Foundations view on this mat- post-secondary education sys- turned out to be nothing ter. tem. zstssviiiiisloraairTit, "The foundation now ■ -.::::::.- more than a slideshow of "I want to know when the -',-.-----_-, _.--- ::::ole o i001;111: loVitivaseTi foundation became more believes they can change =-? ;iiiefilioti I1 statistics, says Red River focused on research than giv- tuition whenever and however College Student's ing scholarships," asked they want without any conse- Association president Lyman.